ACTION REQUEST: FOLLOWING UP ON ISCI REQUEST FOR

C O N F I D E N T I A L BAGHDAD 003356 SIPDIS C O R R E C T E D COPY TEXT DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/I AND NEA/IR. E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/28/2019 TAGS: PREL AMED IR IZ SUBJECT: ACTION REQUEST: FOLLOWING UP ON ISCI REQUEST FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR TEHRAN HOSPITAL. Classified By: A/DCM GARY A. GRAPPO FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). ¶1. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on December 23, 2009 met with A/DCM and inquired as to the status of previously discussed U.S. government assistance in procuring a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan machine for a hospital in Tehran, noting that the hospital had completed construction of a building designed specifically to house the machine. Al-Hakim's late father and former ISCI Chairman Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim had sought US government assistance in facilitating the purchase, as the equipment is produced by a U.S. manufacturer. Post had been working to facilitate this transaction and as of October 2009 the equipment was pending Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licensing clearance. Two sets of licenses are required, one had been filed and was pending review, while the second had not been filed. Post is currently in contact with the Department of Treasury to determine the status of OFAC licensing. A PET Scan is a nuclear medical imaging technique used to detect cancer, brain disorders, and heart diseases, as well as for medical research. GE Healthcare produces several forms of PET Scan machines. FORD